ArticleThe American journal of hospice & palliative care2020
Mindfulness Training Supports Quality of Life and Advance Care Planning in Adults With Metastatic Cancer and Their Caregivers: Results of a Pilot Study.
Article in The American journal of hospice & palliative care, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02367508 (Mindfully Optimizing Delivery of End-of-Life Care), which is not on this map. Cited by 21 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Mindfully Optimizing Delivery of End-of-Life Care (MODEL Care): Feasibility of a Synergistic Intervention for Patients, Family Caregivers, and Providers
Who cites it
21 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.
- Couples Sharing Sleep and Sickness: Dyadic Sleep-Wake Patterns, Health Consequences, and Intervention Efficacy in Cancer Patient-Caregiver Dyads-A Systematic Review and Preliminary Meta-Analysis.Psycho-oncology · 2026Pooled it
- Mindfulness-based interventions for addressing sexual function after cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Pooled it
- Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Survivors of Lung Cancer and Their Partners: A Systematic Review.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Sustained Effects of a 6-Week Resiliency Program for Women with Metastatic Breast Cancer: A Brief Report of a Clinical Trial.Journal of palliative medicine · 2026Trial
- Acceptability of a yoga-based stress reduction intervention in family caregivers of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) recipients: A mixed-methods study.Complementary therapies in medicine · 2025Trial
- Mindfulness to enhance quality of life and support advance care planning: a pilot randomized controlled trial for adults with advanced cancer and their family caregivers.BMC palliative care · 2024Trial
- A pilot randomized study of a telephone-based cognitive-behavioral stress-management intervention to reduce distress in phase 1 oncology trial caregivers.Palliative & supportive care · 2023Trial
- The Effect of Internet-delivered Mindfulness Stress Reduction Combined with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on Health Anxiety and Quality of Life of Caregiver of Patients Infected by COVID-19: A Randomized Clinical Trial.International journal of community based nursing and midwifery · 2023Trial
- Trial
- Messaging and Chatbot-Assisted Nursing Consultation (ChatACP) to Empower Family Members of Residents of Nursing Homes on Advance Care Planning: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Pilot Study.JMIR research protocols · 2026Article
- Mindfulness-Based Self-Management Program Using a Mobile App for Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension: Single-Arm Feasibility Study.JMIR cardio · 2026Article
- Patterns of engagement in advance care planning among older people living with cancer: a cross-sectional survey.BMC palliative care · 2025Article
- Cancer Prognostic Awareness: Relations to Patient and Caregiver Quality of Life and Care Preferences.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2025Article
- A scoping review on mindfulness-based interventions for families of patients with advanced cancer.GHM open · 2025Review
- Tools for tomorrow: a scoping review of patient-facing tools for advance care planning.Palliative care and social practice · 2024Article
- Positive Psychology Approaches to Interventions for Cancer Dyads: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Feasibility of Patient Reported Outcome Measures in Psychosocial Palliative Care: Observational Cohort Study of Hospice Day Care and Social Support Groups.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Observational
- A model for the uptake of advance care planning in older cancer adults: a scoping review.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2022Article
- Relations of Mindfulness and Illness Acceptance With Psychosocial Functioning in Patients With Metastatic Breast Cancer and Caregivers.Oncology nursing forum · 2020Article
- Acceptability of a Dyadic Psychoeducational Intervention for Patients and Caregivers.Oncology nursing forum · 2020Article
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13 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundEmotional distress often causes patients with cancer and their family caregivers (FCGs) to avoid end-of-life discussions and advance care planning (ACP), which may undermine quality of life (QoL). Most ACP interventions fail to address emotional barriers that impede timely ACP.
aimWe assessed feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of a mindfulness-based intervention to facilitate ACP for adults with advanced-stage cancer and their FCGs.
designA single-arm pilot was conducted to assess the impact of a 6-week group mindfulness intervention on ACP behaviors (patients only), QoL, family communication, avoidant coping, distress, and other outcomes from baseline (T1) to post-intervention (T2) and 1 month later (T3).
participantsEligible patients had advanced-stage solid malignancies, limited ACP engagement, and an FCG willing to participate. Thirteen dyads (N = 26 participants) enrolled at an academic cancer center in the United States.
resultsOf eligible patients, 59.1% enrolled. Attendance (70.8% across 6 sessions) and retention (84.6% for patients; 92.3% for FCGs) through T3 were acceptable. Over 90% of completers reported high intervention satisfaction. From T1 to T3, patient engagement more than doubled in each of 3 ACP behaviors assessed. Patients reported large significant decreases in distress at T2 and T3. Family caregivers reported large significant improvements in QoL and family communication at T2 and T3. Both patients and FCGs reported notable reductions in sleep disturbance and avoidant coping at T3.
conclusionsThe mindfulness intervention was feasible and acceptable and supported improvements in ACP and associated outcomes for patients and FCGs. A randomized trial of mindfulness training for ACP is warranted. The study is registered at ClinicalTrials.gov with identifier NCT02367508 ( https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02367508 ).
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